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Atlas teams up with Google Cloud to launch its AI-native video game development platform
A startup called Atlas AI wants to convince professional game developers of the merits of artificial intelligence-powered agents for 3D content creation after securing a partnership with Google Cloud. Today’s partnership promises to accelerate the development of AI-native games, with its multi-agent AI stack set to run exclusively on Google’s infrastructure, using the Vertex AI ...
DeepSeek R2 model release reportedly held back by faulty Huawei chips
China’s leading artificial intelligence startup DeepSeek Ltd., which took the industry by storm earlier this year, was reportedly forced to delay the release of its upcoming R2 model after struggling to train it using chips supplied by Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. The delay highlights the ongoing struggles China faces as it pushes domestic AI companies ...
Google’s Gemma 3 270M is a compact yet powerful AI model that can run on your toaster
Google LLC’s DeepMind artificial intelligence lab has released one of its smallest models yet in the shape of Gemma 3 270M, with just 270 million parameters. That means it’s much smaller than many of the most powerful frontier large language models, which generally have billions of parameters, or internal settings that govern their behavior. The ...
Applied Materials’ stock plunges on a downbeat forecast that signals more misery for chipmakers
Shares of the semiconductor industry giant Applied Materials Inc. plunged in extended trading today after it provided analysts with a disappointing outlook for the current quarter. The chip equipment maker beat expectations with its third-quarter results, posting earnings before certain costs such as stock compensation of $2.48 per share, easing past the analyst’s consensus estimate of ...
AI startup Landbase buys AI startup Adauris to enhance inbound go-to-market automation
Go-to-market workflow automation startup Landbase Inc. has wasted little time in spending the $30 million in Series A funding it raised just over two months ago, buying a startup called Ad Auris Inc., which does business as Adauris. It’s the company’s first major acquisition, and it will help it to expand into what it calls ...
SuperOps’ new agentic marketplace makes AI agents accessible to managed service providers
Artificial intelligence-native information technology management startup SuperOps Inc. today announced the imminent launch of what it says is the industry’s first “agentic AI marketplace” specifically targeted at managed service providers and IT teams. The new marketplace, developed in partnership with Amazon Web Services Inc., is part of a push by the company to make AI ...
Report: US government placing trackers in AI server shipments to enforce chip export controls
The U.S. is reportedly trying to crack down on artificial intelligence chips being shipped to China by placing tracking devices inside the computer servers it believes are at high risk of being diverted from their intended destinations. In an exclusive report, Reuters said U.S. authorities have placed numerous trackers in shipments of servers, as part ...
Squint gets $40M in funding to accelerate human-to-machine collaboration in manufacturing
Industrial automation startup Squint Inc. said today it has raised $40 million in a Series B funding round that values it at $265 million, as it bids to build on a vision of “agentic manufacturing,” where humans collaborate with artificial intelligence agents. The round was co-led by The Westly Group and TCV, and saw participation ...
CoreWeave’s stock crumbles on wider-than-expected loss
Shares of the artificial intelligence cloud data center company CoreWeave Inc. slid more than 10% after it beat Wall Street’s expectations on second-quarter earnings and revenue but posted a wider-than-expected loss overall. The company reported a loss before certain costs such as stock compensation of 21 cents per share, edging past the analyst’s target of ...
Brightwave’s new platform orchestrates autonomous agents to create extensive research reports on any topic
Agentic research startup Brightwave Inc. is looking to move beyond the financial realm with the launch of its new “research agents” product, which enables users to control an entire fleet of specialized agents to create comprehensive reports on almost any subject. Brightwave said its new offering takes inspiration from the system and user interface designs ...